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Technologies for integrated thread scheduling

US9916178B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

James Dinan · Dobbs Ferry, US
Mario Flajslik · Hudson, US
Tom St. John · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 25, 2015
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2209/485
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Technologies for integrated thread scheduling include a computing device having a network interface controller (NIC). The NIC is configured to detect and suspend a thread that is being blocked by one or more communication operations. A thread scheduling engine of the NIC is configured to move the suspended thread from a running queue of the system thread scheduler to a pending queue of the thread scheduling engine. The thread scheduling engine is further configured to move the suspended thread from the pending queue to a ready queue of the thread scheduling engine upon determining any dependencies and/or blocking communications operations have completed. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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